I think they should pay *you* a deinstall fee just for suggesting something like that. Jeff On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 3:35 PM, JC Dill <jcdill.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
Mark Kent wrote:
On a slightly related topic, a US-based colo outfit used by a company I work with wants a fee to disconnect power to the cage. The tenant had been there for years and, at contract renewal time, was lobbied hard ($$) by the colo company to reduce power consumption.
Did they mention a deinstall fee at this time?
The tenant worked for a few months and freed up 20 power circuits. The colo then said that they had a disconnect fee for each power circuit.
Now, I think a reasonable fee is $0. The colo wants considerably more. I won't bias you with the figure yet... please let me know what you think is reasonable, either by experience or just as a thought exercise.
I think a reasonable fee is whatever is set in their contract - which I suspect is $0. You can't just tack on fees like this afterwards.
jc
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